Change Desktop Icon size in Windows Vista

Here we go with our first windows Vista Tip!

I recently upgraded my work PC to windows Vista from Windows XP. This opens a whole new realm of possibilities for topics.

For my first tip and suggestion, it's changing the icon size on the desktop. Anyone who has switched like I have may notice that by default, the icons are freakishly huge at any resolution. This may be some people's cup of tea, it's not mine however. I like to use as few icons as possible and make the ones I do use a discrete as possible.

The simple way to handle this, assuming you have a mouse with a wheel, is to first click the desktop, then hold "Control" or "CTRL" and then scroll the wheel. Scrolling up will make the icons even more freakishly huge. Scrolling down will make them ridiculously tiny.3

If you don't have a scroll wheel you can get a more comfortable size by right clicking on the desktop, then selecting View->Classic Icons. It's not as fun or dynamic however.